2024/4(39)

Contents

Basic Research

Putrik Yu.

Role of cultural heritage sites
and tourism as a factor
of cultural sovereignty

Historical Research

Chentsov A.

The creation and functioning
of the penitentiary system in the Kaliningrad region in 1945–1949

Applied Research

Gorlova I., Bychkova O.

Realization of the cultural and educational potential of cultural policy within the framework
of educational systems

Marushina N.

Defining the structure and boundaries of the Outstanding Universal Value of an urban heritage site (the example of Saint Petersburg)

Romanova D.

Family and genus in the historical and cultural heritage of the region

Skorokhod A.

Research of paintings by Danish marine artists Carl and Wilhelm Bille by the Scientific Expertise Department of GOSNIIR

Use of the Heritage

Filin P.

Main results of the expedition
of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and the Russian Geographical Society to survey
the Severny Island of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago in 2024

Rodionova V., Adamovskaya P.

Third cycle of UNESCO periodic reporting in the Russian Federation: reflection on the experience

Rybak K.

On the problem of discovering and collecting archaeological objects

Heritage Preservation Problems

Naumov V.

Issues of social cooperation in the digital preservation of the cultural heritage

Museology

Slesarchuk V.

Echo of the Crimean War: souvenirs “Memory of Sevastopol” in the collection of The Nizhniy Novgorod State Reserve Museum of History and Architecture

Russian Foreign Heritage

Elchaninov A.

Indian Ocean. Russian geographical names as objects of intangible cultural heritage

Senin A.

Obituaries of the magazine
“The Chasovoy” (1929–1988) –
a reflection of the history of White emigration

Scientific Chronicle

Zhitenev S.

Valery Nikolaevich Rastorguev
as a figure of culture and cultural studies

Publ. 12/11/2024

Archives

DOI 10.34685/HI.2022.91.45.012

Avilov R.

Vladivostok Fortress – the unique complex monument of the history of Russian and world military engineering thoughts of the late XIX – early XX century

Abstract. The article presents the Vladivostok Fortress, as an unique complex monument of Russian and world military engineering thought of the late XIX–early XX century. Having no analogs in the world, it holds great potential to be included in the World Heritage Sites list, determined by UNESCO. The article notes the specific location at the peninsula that is uncommon for marine fortress. This causes the presence not only a costal front in the fortress but strong land defense line, protected the fortress against the attack from the land. The article concludes because of location of the fortress on uncommon for defensive construction complicated hill landscape the most of fortifications was constructed in 1910–1916 along with unique design plans.

Key words: Vladivostok Fortress, Russian Far East, Vladivostok, Russian Island, Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905, World War I.

Avilov Roman Sergeevich,
PhD in History,
Institute of history, archaeology and ethnography of the peoples of the Far East FEB RAS (Vladivostok);
State Museum-Reserve “Vladivostok Fortress” (Vladivostok)

Published: The Heritage Institute Journal, 2022/2(29)

Url: http://nasledie-journal.ru/en/journals/517.html

Founder

Likhachev Russian Research
Institute for Cultural
and Natural Heritage

Publisher

Likhachev Russian Research
Institute for Cultural
and Natural Heritage

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